MLL 153 - Intensive Elementary Japanese

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
This Intensive Elementary Japanese course uses electronic input to develop four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing Japanese. Using realistic situations, students will learn pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, Japanese culture, and three types of Japanese characters.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Use foundational Japanese grammatical structures
Pronounce Japanese vocabulary with reasonable accuracy
Comprehend and engage in basic conversations to communicate individual, family, and contextual information
Use culturally appropriate phrases in specific social situations
Write/input paragraphs using Japanese characters
Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts and Japanese culture using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity.
Develop their affective and cognitive faculties through studying great works reflecting the rich diversity of human imagination and/or inquiry

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.